Is art worth a life? What is at stake when art is destroyed in war? What does it tell you that people were willing to risk their lives to recover art looted in WWII?
Museums provide context- they write the information and tell a subjective view on history. What does it mean when European museums have so much of the art from other countries and cultures? What might be some of the negative impacts of this?
From the examples above (or an example of looted or destroyed art that you discover elsewhere), how do you feel about the power of art in general?3 brief paragraphs should do it!
